Italy

 LAMPEDUSA - In a rather bizarre case, three Palestinians attempted to undertake a risky journey across the Mediterranean on a jet ski, reports Bernt Koschuh.

 ROME  – Maren Zampilli, a Roman bartender, who works as a personal trainer, was struck by lightning on his BMW motorcycle, while on holiday in Puglia, writes Il Messaggero.

 ROME - Unwanted calls with commercial offers or proposals may decrease.

 GENOA - The number of deaths following taser attacks, the stun gun issued to law enforcement, has risen to two in the space of 48 hours, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 WASHINGTON - “Today is an important day.

 LATINA - Those who live or work on the upper floors of buildings felt it distinctly. At 12:24 PM, seismographs recorded a magnitude 2.7 earth tremor.

 BOLZANO - Investigations are continuing to determine the cause of the Serratia marcescens infection that killed two newborns, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 NARO, Sicily - 18-year-old rapper Samuele Nisi, was due to perform Monday night in the small Baroque town in Piazza Garibaldi, but mayor Milco Dalacchi, opposed it, as reported by Il Fatto Quotidi

 ISCHIA - A planned ambush, a massacre organised down to the last detail, was carried out on Saturday in Forio d'Ischia by 69-year-old Antonio Luongo, a retired waste collector, who left Pomigliano

 SONDRIO - Two Italian mountaineers, a man and a woman, died on Castore, in the Monte Rosa massif.

 MILAN - Three of the four minors responsible for the death of Cecilia De Astis, the 71-year-old woman who was hit by a car in southern Milan, have been removed from their families and will be plac

 ISCHIA - Film director Dario Argento has been admitted to the Rizzoli

 LAMPEDUSA - At least 26 people have died in a shipwreck about 14 nautical miles south of Lampedusa. Two boats carrying 97 people capsized, with 60 of them being rescued and brought ashore.

 ROME - Anastasia Trofimova, the 28-year-old Russian woman, found dead in Villa Pamphili in Rome on June 7 – not far from the body of her 11-month-old daughter Andromeda – appears to have been suff

 ROME - “I find it shameful that, in order to attack the government, certain opposition parties are spreading false news, damaging Italy's image and interests.” Giorgia Meloni lashes out at her pol

 VATICAN CITY - Gaza cannot wait any longer. This is the message Madonna sent to Pope Leo XIV. The pop star posted a message on her social media profiles on her son Rocco Ritchie's 25th birthday.

 CHENGDU, China - Mattia Debertolis, an Italian athlete who had been hospitalised in Chengdu, China, after falling ill during the opening race of the World Games, has died at the age of 29.

 ROME - There has been a decline in numbers along the entire Lazio coast, both in beach resorts with their empty sunbeds and closed umbrellas, and in holiday homes and B&Bs, which are increasin

 ROME – A fire broke out in the engine room of the ferry Raffaele Rubattino, operated by Grandi Navi Veloci (Tirrenia), while the vessel was en route from Palermo to Naples on Sunday eveni

GENOA - Protesters blocked the gates of the port of Genoa after discovering the presence of numerous American military vehicles and explosives going to Israel on board the ship Bahri Yanbu, on Frid

FANO, Marche - On Saturday, at a dinner at the Villa Piccinetti restaurant in Fano, in the Marche region 100 out of the 800 guests reported ill feelings.

 ROME - In an interview with Il Messaggero, Ettore Sequi, former secretary general of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and former ambassador to China, is convinced that “the sanctions

Rome--Cinecittà in partnership with Adnkronos Comunicazione, has announced the launch of a new, fully funded professional training course in communication and marketing for the audiovisual sector.

 ROME - While the war continues unabated after three and a half years, the summer reception programme ‘È più bello insieme’ (It's better together) will continue in the summer of 2025.